Irish Brigade at Fredricksburg

A music video of the scene with the Irish brigade at the battle of Fredericksburg (filmed in Harpers Ferry). In a way, I envy the men like the Irish brigade, because of their courage, their sacrifice. I wish I would be able to do the same for those I love, but unfortunately, sometimes its simply not accepted. What is particularly heartbreaking about this scene is that these men were practically brothers, they had grown up together, fought for freedom together, and wound up slaughtering each other in what was supposed to be a new home and a new start, full of freedom and peace.


You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
Abraham Lincoln

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
William Shakespeare